• Carrier Channel: OTC Bandwidth Brokers Partner
    Posted: 08/2000 OTC Bandwidth Brokers PartnerOver the counter (OTC) brokers are forging partnerships to bring their matchmaking skills to capacity trading, intending to eliminate bids and offers floating unanswered in cyberspace.Chapel Hill Broadband (www.chbroadband.com) ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Business News - WorldCom/Sprint Deal Dies
    Posted: 08/2000 WorldCom/Sprint Deal Dies Deutsche Telekom May be Ready to Buy By Ken Branson and Kim SunderlandAfter twisting in the wind for several days, the proposed $129 billion merger between WorldCom Inc. (www.wcom.com) and Sprint Corp. (www.sprint.com) apparently is ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • She's Laughing All the Way to the Bank
    Posted: 08/2000 She's Laughing All the Way to the Bank BY LEILANI HAYWOOD Vital Stats Name: Melissa Craig Title: Founder and President Company: General Telecom Inc. Pleasures: Teaches dance, enjoys grueling exercises, takes stand-up comedy workshops. "I do a lot of fun ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Regulatory News - BA-GTE Pairing Heads Up Local, Wireless Race
    Posted:  08/2000 BA-GTE Pairing Heads Up Local, Wireless Race By Kim SunderlandThere's a new leader in the race to control the local and wireless segments of the telecom industry since the FCC (www.fcc.gov) approved the Bell Atlantic Corp. (www.bell-atl.com) and GTE ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Business News - Coalition Formed to Promote Convergence
    Posted: 08/2000 Coalition Formed to Promote Convergence More than a dozen telecommunications company have formed the National Convergence Alliance (www.convergencealliance.com), an organization whose mission is to define, promote and educate about convergence in the ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Business News - France Marches into U.S with Global One-Intermedia Deal
    Posted: 08/2000 France Marches into U.S with Global One-Intermedia Deal By Ken BransonGlobal One (www.globalone.net) has chosen Intermedia Communications Inc. (www.intermedia.com) to be its local legs in the United States. The two companies have signed a three-year ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Multitenant Units Get Wired for Future
    Posted: 08/2000 Multitenant Units Get Wired for Future By Aldo MorriThe wait for the "better, cheaper, faster" promise of broadband may soon be over, at least for those who live or work in multitenant buildings. Multitenant units (MTUs)--apartment buildings, office ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Business News - BellSouth to Share With NorthPoint
    Posted: 08/2000 BellSouth to Share With NorthPoint BellSouth Corp. (www.bellsouth.com), an Atlanta-based RBOC, has agreed to share its telephone lines with NorthPoint Communications Group Inc. (www.northpoint.net), a competing broadband services provider based in San ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Business News - NorthPoint Launches Broadband Service
    Posted: 08/2000 NorthPoint Launches Broadband ServiceWholesale data CLEC NorthPoint Communications Group Inc.(www.northpoint.net) has rolled out its national Internet backbone, which connects its local DSL-based broadband networks across the country. The backbone enables ...More
    August 1, 2000
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  • Regulatory News - Access Charge Reform Benefits Almost All
    Posted:  08/2000 Access Charge Reform Benefits Almost All By Kim Sunderland "We are disappointed that the commission's order did not address key issues facing resale carriers and their customers."Ernest B. Kelly III, president, Association of Communications Enterprises ...More
    August 1, 2000
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